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Pharmacy Technician

GES 117 -- 300 hours

Course Objectives

Upon completion of the GES Pharmacy Technician Course, the student will be able to:

• Define the differences between the hospital and retail pharmacy setting.
• Demonstrate ethical conduct in all duties performed.
• Understand the laws that govern pharmacy, whether federal or state mandated.
• Discuss the HIPAA requirements and their application to pharmacy.
• Interpret physician orders and prescriptions.
• Prepare and distribute medications.
• Define medical and pharmaceutical terms, and common abbreviations.
• Understand the pharmacology of medications in relation to the anatomy affected.
• Perform pharmaceutical calculations.
• Communicate effectively with patients and medical professionals.
• Understand the importance of confidentiality of all patient information.
• Process insurance billing and/or collect payments.
• Control inventory.
• Determine what information is necessary to process a prescription.
• Accurately fill a prescription.
• Determine what informaiton is necessary to fill a physician order.
• Accurately fill a physician order.
• Pass the National Certification Exam.